PUNE: As many as 257 people tested positive for Covid-19 infection in the Pune Metropolitan Region on Wednesday as compared to 192 recoveries, taking the region’s tally of discharges and cases to more than 11.33 lakh and 11.54 lakh, respectively.
Besides, four more patients succumbed to the infection in the region in the last 24 hours, including two deaths each from the Pune municipal limits and the rural parts. The Pimpri Chinchwad municipal areas did not record any death on Wednesday, a report released by the district health officer, Bhagwan Pawar, stated.
The report said the PMC and rural parts added more than 100 patients each on Wednesday, while the cases in the PCMC limits remained below 50. While the areas under PMC added 106 new cases, as many as 104 people tested positive for the infection in the rural parts, the data revealed.
As for recoveries, 69 people were discharged in the PMC limits on Wednesday, while 45 people were sent home after successful recovery in the PCMC limits. In the rural parts of PMR, 78 recovered in the last 24 hours.
The daily sample testing increased to 14,256 on Wednesday. More than 5,100 tests were conducted in the PMC limits, while more than 4,500 samples were checked each in the rural pockets and the PCMC areas. The region’s positivity rate stood at 1.8% on Wednesday. So far, more than 84 lakh tests have been conducted in the region.
The region’s active caseload reached 2,099 on Wednesday evening. As many as 1,071 patients were in home isolation and remaining were being treated at hospitals.
Health officials maintained that people needed to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour like wearing masks and maintaining social distance in spite of getting fully vaccinated. “Taking two doses of vaccine helps in checking infection and its severity. But, breakthrough infections do still occur. People need to exercise caution and abide by the Covid norms,”a health official said.
